Muhammad Shafiq ul Hassan
Department of Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Physics - Patient Care, Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2018 | University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, PHD, Applied Physics |
2016 | University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, MS, Physics/Medical Physics |
2004 | Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad, PAK, MS, Medical Physics |
Postgraduate Training
2018-2020 | Clinical Residency, Therapeutic Medical Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
Board Certifications
2022 | American Board of Radiology, DABR in Therapeutic Medical Physics |
Experience & Service
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Medical Physicist, Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, Winston Salem, NC, 2020 - 2022
Medical Physicist, Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute (NORI), Islamabad, 2005 - 2013
Honors & Awards
2017 | Travel Award to Annual ASTRO Meeting, University of South Florida |
2012 | Travel Grant, Joint ICTP-IAEA (International Center for Theoretical Physics-International Atomic Energy Agency) |
2012 | Travel Grant, RCA-IAEA (Regional Cooperative Agreement-Internatinal Atomic Energy Agency) |
2002 | Fellowship in Medical Physics, Country of Pakistan |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Chen H, Morley K, Rodriguez R, Draeger E, Shafiq Ul Hassan M, Chen ZJ. A small footprint couch-top support device for image-guided radiotherapy of heavy patients. J Appl Clin Med Phys 23(12):e13788, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36267043.
- Paul R, Shafiq-Ul Hassan M, Moros EG, Gillies RJ, Hall LO, Goldgof DB. Deep Feature Stability Analysis Using CT Images of a Physical Phantom Across Scanner Manufacturers, Cartridges, Pixel Sizes, and Slice Thickness. Tomography 6(2):250-260, 2020. PMID: 32548303.
- Shafiq-Ul-Hassan M, Latifi K, Zhang G, Ullah G, Gillies R, Moros E. Voxel size and gray level normalization of CT radiomic features in lung cancer. Sci Rep 8(1):10545, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30002441.
- Shafiq-Ul-Hassan M, Zhang GG, Hunt DC, Latifi K, Ullah G, Gillies RJ, Moros EG. Accounting for reconstruction kernel-induced variability in CT radiomic features using noise power spectra. J Med Imaging (Bellingham) 5(1):011013, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29285518.
- Shafiq-Ul-Hassan M, Zhang GG, Latifi K, Ullah G, Hunt DC, Balagurunathan Y, Abdalah MA, Schabath MB, Goldgof DG, Mackin D, Court LE, Gillies RJ, Moros EG. Intrinsic dependencies of CT radiomic features on voxel size and number of gray levels. Med Phys 44(3):1050-1062, 2017. PMID: 28112418.
- Nolas GS, Shafiq ul Hassan M, Dong Y, Martin J. Synthesis, crystal structure and electrical properties of the tetrahedral quaternary chalcogenides CuM2InTe4 (M=Zn, Cd). J Sol State Chem 242(2):50-54, 2016.